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Norway Startup's Atomic Beam Tech Promises Chip Revolution
23 Mar
Summary
- Lace uses a helium atom beam for chip lithography.
- Technology enables chip designs 10 times smaller.
- Company aims for a test tool in a pilot fab by 2029.
Lace, a Norway-headquartered startup with support from Microsoft, has successfully raised $40 million to develop an innovative chipmaking technology. The company's proprietary approach utilizes a helium atom beam for lithography, a departure from the industry-standard light-based methods.
This novel technique allows for the creation of chip components that are ten times smaller than currently achievable. This advancement is expected to significantly boost the performance of advanced artificial intelligence processors by enabling features at an almost unimaginable scale.
The $40 million Series A funding round was led by Atomico and included contributions from Microsoft's venture arm, M12, Linse Capital, the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation, and Nysnø. Lace plans to have a prototype test tool in a pilot fabrication plant by approximately 2029.
